"Rock 'n' roll is sung by cretinous goons. It's the most brutal, ugly, degenerate, vicious form of expression it has been my displeasure to hear."

"I'm a survivor. I always have been."

"I try to be a gentleman. I try to be kind to people."

"I'm an individual. I don't follow the crowd. I do my own thing."

"I would like to be remembered as a man who had a wonderful time living his life, a man who had good friends and beautiful family. And I don't think I could ask for anything more than that, actually."